LONGITUDINAL TRACK-TRAIN DYNAMICS: A NEW APPROACH

Using a measured functional relationship for draft gear characteristics a nonlinear model is developed to predict the coupler forces between cars of a railroad train. The model is then simplified, using modal expansion, to effect an economy of digital computation time.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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• Authors:
  • GENIN, J
  • Ginsberg, J H
  • Ting, E C
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 466-469
• Serial:
  • ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements and Control
  • Volume: 96
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Couplers; Dynamic tests; Gears; Mathematical models; Train track dynamics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Draft gears; Dynamic analysis
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080361
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Meas and Control
• Report/Paper Numbers: #74-WA/Aut-6, Ser G
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1975 12:00AM